I recently went to see this new movie, being a student of history, especially military and within the scope of that, particularly naval warfare. Thus for me it was required viewing. I encourage everyone interested in history or action … [Read more...]

Many years ago I was an enlisted man in the United States Coast Guard Reserve, often underway in the nearby North Atlantic, conducting fisheries patrols. When a change of course was required in rough seas the bridge would pipe the following … [Read more...]

In mid-October Hillary Clinton was ahead of Donald Trump by 11 points, as of this morning, 11/6/16, most of that lead had dissipated thanks to the latest batch of e-mails, which may have been inappropriately released, many of which may in … [Read more...]

If Rand Paul had ever had the juice behind his presidential bid that Donald Trump had and then failed to perform I'd label his departure from the 2016 race a flameout. However in this case, as in many libertarian efforts in the past, it's … [Read more...]

In what is shaping up to be a year of setbacks for the Republican Party's far right, last Friday's budget deal can only be seen as yet another defeat.
Senator Ted Cruz labeled the deal “a slap in the face to conservatives.” … [Read more...]

Polls show that Republicans are more enthusiastic about the upcoming election than Democrats, adding urgency to the mission of motivating Democrats. Obama would be a powerful pitchman within the party: Obama’s 83 percent job approval rating … [Read more...]

I'm not even remotely a fan of the Clinton's, but with regard to how things are shaping up of late, one thing seems to be certain, 2015 has already been a bad year for America's conservatives and the Benghazi Hearings could just become the … [Read more...]

One can only scratch one's head when it comes to the incredulous nature of the Fox News Network. On a day as momentous, after a week as momentous as this, the O'Rielly Factor's nightly feature is on global terror, completely ignoring … [Read more...]

The Court this week has delivered a series of devastating blows to America’s conservative movement with their second decision affirming the constitutionality of Obamacare, today’s decision on same sex marriage along with another decision on … [Read more...]

After obsessing for the past year, or more, about whether or not the Obama administration will ever bring itself to utter the words "Islamic Terror" or "Radical Islam" one can only wonder when conservatives will wake up to the greater … [Read more...]